Accolades: (2013-14): The America East Conference Rookie of the Year, UMBC’s first in 11 league seasons… Also became UMBC’s first men’s basketball player to win America East Fan’s Choice Player of the Year… A finalist for CollegeInsider.com’s 2014 Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year award… Earned AE Rookie-of-Week honors a UMBC-record five times during the 2013-14 campaign.

2013-14: Finished the year as the leading scorer amongst all league freshmen with 15.0 points per game, which was the fifth-best overall figure in the conference…Placed fourth in America East in assists (3.6), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.0), and eighth in steals (1.3)… Became UMBC's second NCAA Division I player and America East's lone competitor this season to record 400 points (451), 100 rebounds (118) and 100 assists (108) in a season… Scored 451 points, the most by a freshman in UMBC's 27 years of NCAA Division I competition… Averaged 15.4 points per game (second) in America East contests... Earned the start at point guard in the season opener and his collegiate debut at Arizona State... Shared scoring honors with Malik Garner, contributing 12 points... Hit the game-tying 3-point field goal with 2.4 seconds remaining to send contest vs. Eastern to OT... Scored 19 points in his home debut and added team-high five assists... Scored 24 of his team-high 26 points after halftime in Nov. 17 overtime victory over Mount St. Mary’s... Named America East Rookie of the Week for games ending Nov. 17, averaging 17.7 points per game over a three-game span... First UMBC first-year player to be honored since Brian Neller was in December of 2009... Hit all nine free throw attempts in an 18-point effort at Duquesne on Dec. 4... Stuffed stat sheet with 17 points, five assists, five rebounds and two steals at Lehigh on Dec. 6... Led UMBC with 16 points and tied season high with six assists in only 21 minutes at Coppin St. on Dec. 11... Selected AEC Rookie of the Week for second time on Dec. 9, 2013... Scored 20 or more points (21) for the second time in 2013-14 in the victory over Navy on Dec. 30... Set season high with four 3-pt. field goals (4/5)... Led UMBC with 14 points and added six assists at UMass Lowell on Jan. 5. ... Selected AEC Rookie of the Week for third time on Jan. 6, 2014... Became the second UMBC freshman to amass 200 points in his first 14 games – Peter Mulligan totaled 201 in the 2000-01 season... Tied season-bests with eight field goals and four treys, scoring 22 points in 46-minute effort in double OT contest at Albany on Jan. 8... Nearly pulled off UMBC’s first triple- double in 19 years when he recorded 14 points and season bests in rebounds (11) and assists (8) in the victory over Binghamton... Followed up with 21 points at Maine on Feb. 1 and earned his fourth America East Rookie-of-the-Week honor... Scored 20-or-more points in three consecutive games with 21 versus UNH on Feb. 5 and tied season high with 26 points vs. UML on Feb. 8... Earned second consecutive and fifth overall Rookie of the Week honor on Feb. 10... His five rookie honors surpassed former record-holder Chauncey Gilliam, who earned the weekly award four times in the 2008-09 campaign... Finished the season with his seventh game with 20 or more points, when he tallied 21 at Hartford on March 2... His total of 108 assists is the tied for the second-most in a single season by a Retriever freshman... Set UMBC Division I freshman record for free throws made in a season with 124... The first freshman to lead UMBC in scoring since Rich Giddens, who averaged 15.5 points per game in 1997-98... Played 941 minutes, the fourth-most of any UMBC freshman and posted sixth-most steals (40) and eighth-most caroms (118) for Retriever freshmen.

Background: Earned First Team All-Metro honors from The Baltimore Sun and First Team All-MIAA accolades after a brilliant senior campaign in 2012-13… The point guard led the 7th-ranked Patriots (Baltimore Sun) with 16.6 points per game and also averaged 4.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals per outing… Top effort was a 32-point, 9-assist, 6-rebound outing in a win over Mount Carmel… Named All-Baltimore Catholic League and to Harford County First Team in both his junior and senior campaigns… Closed out his high school career with 1,116 points, 287 assists and 171 steals and led John Carroll to back-to-back league titles… His father, Rodney Elliott, Sr., earned four letters at the University of Maryland and competed for Gary Williams’ Terrapins from 1994-98… Selected UMBC “because it’s close to home and a great opportunity to get a great education and play for a great basketball program”… Plays the piano… Son of Deon Coleman and Rodney Elliott… Born Nov. 13, 1995.